Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Matt* Lucas The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Matt* Lucas The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Amist the Black Eyes
Matt* Lucas Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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